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Timing is everything in life and the same applies to baseball
when it comes to the iffy issue of when to break a rookie into
the majors on a full-time basis.
Unlike football, which puts 99 percent of its rookies on
the field in September, as soon as they’re good enough and
healthy enough to start.
Unlike basketball, which puts 99 percent of its rooks on the court in
November, as soon as they’re good enough and healthy enough to start.
Baseball is just different.
Sometimes the rookies are brought up from the minor leagues
midseason, after, say, an injury to a big leaguer, when the need for the
SUPER
SIX
Leading
the way
for Rookie
of the
Year are a
SEXTET of
standouts.
By Darryl Howerton